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The Arbitration Council Foundation is a registered not-for-profit foundation established in 2004 with the assistance of the ILO, and in consultation with the Ministry of Labour, employer associations, and union federations.
The Foundation’s purpose is to support the labour dispute resolution work of the Arbitration Council and to enhance its independence, reliability and efficiency.
The primary tasks of the Foundation are to:
- provide legal support to the Arbitrators
- undertake fundraising on behalf of the Council
- ensure financial and administrative management of the Council
- undertake professional development of Arbitrators
- undertake communications and awareness raising of the role of the Arbitration Council
Executive Director
Mr. Sok Lor has worked at the Arbitration Council Foundation since January 2006, and has been Executive Director since February 2009. He commenced his employment at the Arbitration Council Foundation as a Legal Officer before becoming the Director of the Legal Service Department and then Deputy Executive Director. Since 2005, Mr. Sok Lor has also been a lecturer of Labour Law, Contract Law, and Business Organisations at several universities, including Royal University of Law and Economics, Pannasastra University of Cambodia, and University of Cambodia. Mr. Sok Lor obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2002 and his Master’s Degree in Law from the Graduate School of Law of the Transnational Law and Business University, Korea in 2005.
Board of Directors
The ACF is overseen by a Board of Directors. Three of the Directors are Arbitrators currently serving on the Arbitration Council (one from each of the three arbitrator lists; employer, union and ministry). The other two Board members are external directors, who were appointed by a majority vote of all the Arbitrators. A representative of the International Labour Organisation also sits as a non-voting member on the Board.
Voting Members
- Mr. KONG Phallack
- Mr. Mar Samborana
- Ms. Sin Kim Sean
- Mr. Brian Rohan
Arbitrator KONG Phallack, Chairman of Board of Directors
An arbitrator of the Arbitration Council and a member of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Arbitrator KONG Phallack is the Managing Director of KhmerLex Legal Solutions. He is also serving as Dean and Professor of Laws and Politics at the Faculty of Law of Paññãsãstra University of Cambodia (PUC); an adjunct Professor at Royal School of Judicial Professions (Cambodian Commercial Judge Training); and used to be an adjunct professor at Royal University of Law and Economics. Arbitrator KONG Phalalck has extensive professional experience in the field of business law, labor law, intellectual property law, labor law, ADR, legal and judicial reform, human rights, legal research, project management and evaluations with local and foreign firms; development partners such as JICA, Ausaid, DANIDA, DIHR, USAID_EWMI, GTZ, Kondrad Adenaueur, etc; and the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform of the Council of Ministers. Arbitrator KONG Phallack received his LL.M. in Laws and Politics from Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law in Japan, LL.B. from Royal University of Law and Economics and DDS from Royal University of Health Sciences in Cambodia.
Arbitrator Mar Samborana
Arb. Mar Samborana is currently working as a Legal and Regulatory Manager for CamGSM (Mobitel), Cambodia’s leading Telecommunications Company. Prior to his current position, Arb. Mar Samborana was a Senior Associate for the Sciaroni & Associates, where he provided consultation on rules and procedures for conducting business and investment in Cambodia, land transaction, legal compliance, the Labour Law, labour dispute negotiations & settlement, and commercial & non-commercial registration of enterprises. He holds a Master’s Degree in Science Engineering from the former USSR and a Master’s Degree in Law and Political Science from the Build Bright University, Cambodia.
Arbitrator Sin Kim Sean
Arbitrator Sin Kim Sean currently works as Bar Liaison and Legal Aid Grants Coordinator at the East-West Management Institute. Prior to her current position, she worked as Programme Officer at The Asia Foundation, Legal Instructor at the University of San Francisco and then Community Legal Education Center based in Phnom Penh, Programme Officer at the Human Rights Task Force in Cambodia, and Legal Assistant at the Legal Center for Research Documentation of the National Assembly. Arbitrator Sin Kim Sean holds her Masters Degree in International Laws and Economics from World Trade Institute in Switzerland, Bachelor of Laws from National Institute of Management and Royal University of Law and Economics in Cambodia, and a Certificate as Legal Research Scholar at the University of Michigan, Law School in the United States.
Mr Brian Rohan
Mr. Rohan has been a resident of Cambodia since 2003. He is currently working as the Land and Livelihoods Advisor for the American Bar Association. In this position he oversees several legal advocacy initiatives focusing particularly on land rights. Prior to his work in Cambodia, Mr. Rohan worked with the ABA’s Rule of Law Initiative in Washington, D.C. first serving as Country Director for Moldova, Ukraine and Director of the Environmental Law Programs, and later as Associate Director of the Asia Division. In addition to Cambodia, he has lived and worked on rule of law and environmental governance projects in East Africa and the former Soviet Union. He graduated from New YorkUniversityLawSchool in 1990 and is admitted to practice in the United States.
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